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This book identifies factors that contribute to water conflicts and that detract from water cooperation in this region, including shedding light on how international organisations affect transboundary water interactions.
List of contents
Introduction 1. International actors in the resolution of transboundary water conflicts 2. Legacies and challenges for water governance in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed 3.The transboundary water governance agenda in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed 4. Why are international actors interested in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed? 5. Normative claims of international actors 6. From water conflict to water cooperation through the World Bank? 7. Mixed reactions to foreign-led initiatives from riparian stakeholders 8. Obstacles to positive water interaction in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed 9. The small issue of the big brother; the effect of India's hydro-hegemony 10. Limitations of foreign-led approaches 11. Structural challenges in the global system of foreign aid 12. Insights for international actors in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed and beyond 13. Conclusions
About the author
Paula Hanasz has completed a PhD at the Australian National University, Australia. She consults on issues of defence, national security and non-traditional security threats.
Summary
This book identifies factors that contribute to water conflicts and that detract from water cooperation in this region, including shedding light on how international organisations affect transboundary water interactions.
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"Paula Hanasz not only provides a very careful analysis of factors responsible for lack of effective cooperation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin among the riparian countries, but also suggests some thoughtful ways forward. Anyone interested in transboundary water governance in South Asia will treasure this book." - Ashok Swain, Dept of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden
"...this is a must read for the students and scholars of development studies, environment, sustainability, social sciences, humanities and geography across diverse disciplines." - Naresh Kumar, Loal Environment (2018)
